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get URL returns html source, not displayed text
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:17 am
by david@ninetrees.com
when doing a get URL "" request, I was surprised that it returned the
source of the web page.
How do I return the
viewed text of the web page?
Thanks.
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on mouseUp
get URL "..."
put line 1 to 30 of it into field "textHolder"
end mouseUp
Re: get URL returns html source, not displayed text
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:40 am
by paulsr
david@ninetrees.com wrote:when doing a get URL "" request, I was surprised that it returned the
source of the web page.
How do I return the
viewed text of the web page?
Thanks.
Code: Select all
on mouseUp
get URL "..."
put line 1 to 30 of it into field "textHolder"
end mouseUp
David, that's what get url is supposed to do. It gets the raw file. You need to strip out the html tags with something like:
Code: Select all
on mouseUp
get URL "..."
set the htmlText of fld "textHolder" to line 1 to 30 of it
end mouseUp
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You'll get the text without the tags, but it still may not be quite what you want, because without the html para breaks, what is a "line"?
But I think this shd help.
--paul